Hello--here we are once again for another installment of Writing Prompt Wednesdays. This week we are doing "Personal Maps" which are illustrated versions of your life. I have talked a lot on this blog about the map as metaphor for the imagination. I have been heavily influenced by You Are Here by Katherine Harmon, Peter Turchi's Maps of the Imagination, and From Here to There a book from the Hand Drawn Map Society. Try this one out and let me know how it works! In my class it was one of the most popular prompts I have ever used! … [Read more...]
Horoscopes, Personal History and Ontology
It is fascinating to me as a writer and teacher the amazing power of words. Words are the baskets that we carry our self-worth in, the envelope for our soul, the material we construct metaphors from to understand the entire world. One of the projects I have been working on with my students, is a map of your life, or emotional landscape. By even sitting down and drawing symbols, it is interesting how much we show by simple lines, color, movement, words, and placement on the page. Here is a map I made of my perceived worldview--my themes always seem to center around what can be known/what … [Read more...]